président

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin praesidentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

président m (plural présidents, feminine présidente)

  1. president
    Voici le nouveau président de l’association.
    This is the new president of the association.
  2. (of an association, board, or meeting) chairperson
  3. (of a legislative body) Speaker
    le président de la Chambre des communes
    the Speaker of the House of Commons
Synonyms

Of a meeting:

Of a deliberative assembly:

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

président

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of présider

Further reading

Paronyms

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Latin praesidēns.

Noun

président m (plural présidents)

  1. (Jersey) president